The second man was a Spanish explorer.
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Explorer
//ɛkˈsplɔːɹə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "explorer" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (44)
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1 entriesRelated terms
5 entriescapable of
12 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesdesires
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
88 translations across 36 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُسْتَكْشِف noun (person who explores)
Asturian
1 entries- esplorador noun (person who explores)
Bulgarian
2 entries- изсле́довател noun (person who explores)
- изсле́довател noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
Catalan
1 entries- explorador noun (person who explores)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 探險者 /探险者 noun (person who explores)
Czech
1 entries- průzkumník noun (person who explores)
Danish
1 entries- udforsker noun (person who explores)
Dutch
4 entries- ontdekker noun (person who explores)
- ontdekker noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
- ontdekkingsreiziger noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
- verkenner noun (person who explores)
Esperanto
2 entries- esploranto noun (person who explores)
- esploristo noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
Finnish
4 entries- koetin noun (any of various tools in dentistry)
- selain noun (computing, graphic user interface)
- tutkija noun (person who explores)
- tutkimusmatkailija noun (person who explores)
French
4 entries- explorateur noun (person who explores)
- explorateur noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
- exploratrice noun (person who explores)
- exploratrice noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
Galician
3 entries- explorador noun (person who explores)
- explorador noun (computing, graphic user interface)
- exploradora noun (person who explores)
German
3 entries- Entdecker noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
- Forscher noun (person who explores)
- Forscherin noun (person who explores)
Greek
2 entries- εξερευνήτρια noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
- εξερευνητής noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
Hebrew
2 entries- חוקר noun (person who explores)
- חוקר noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
Hindi
3 entries- अन्वेषक noun (person who explores)
- खोजकर्ता noun (person who explores)
- खोजकर्ता noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
Hungarian
2 entries- felfedező noun (person who explores)
- felfedező noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
Icelandic
1 entries- landkönnuður noun (person who explores)
Indonesian
1 entries- penjelajah noun (person who explores)
Italian
1 entries- esploratore noun (person who explores)
Japanese
1 entries- 探検家 noun (person who explores)
Khmer
1 entries- អ្នករុករក noun (person who explores)
Latin
2 entries- explorator noun (person who explores)
- explorator noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
Māori
1 entries- kaihōpara noun (person who explores)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- utforsker noun (person who explores)
- utforsker noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
Occitan
1 entries- explorator noun (person who explores)
Polish
4 entries- badacz noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
- badaczka noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
- odkrywca noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
- odkrywczyni noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
Portuguese
4 entries- explorador noun (person who explores)
- explorador noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
- explorador noun (computing, graphic user interface)
- explorador dental noun (any of various tools in dentistry)
Romanian
2 entries- exploratoare noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
- explorator noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
Russian
4 entries- зонд noun (any of various tools in dentistry)
- иссле́дователь noun (person who explores)
- иссле́дователь noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
- иссле́довательница noun (person who explores)
Spanish
3 entries- explorador noun (person who explores)
- explorador noun (computing, graphic user interface)
- exploradora noun (person who explores)
Swedish
2 entries- upptäcktsresande noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
- utforskare noun (person who explores)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཉུལ་བ་འདོད noun (person who explores)
Turkish
4 entries- araştırmacı noun (person who explores)
- araştırmacı noun (person who by expedition seeks new information)
- araştırıcı noun (person who explores)
- gezgin noun (person who explores)
Welsh
4 entries- anturwr noun (person who explores)
- anturwres noun (person who explores)
- fforiwr noun (person who explores)
- fforiwres noun (person who explores)
West-Frisian
2 entries- ferkenner noun (person who explores)
- ûntdekker noun (person who explores)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The explorer bartered with the natives for food.
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The explorer pushed his way through the trackless mountain region.
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Christopher Columbus wasn't an explorer because he loved the sea. He was an explorer because he hated Spanish jails.
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